Deputy President William Ruto's lawyer during the ICC cases Karim Khan during media briefing in Nairobi on April 6, 2016. [Jonah Onyango,Standard]Deputy President William Ruto’s lawyer Karim Khan has finally taken over from Fatou Bensouda as the new Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC). Gicheru is wanted by the ICC for allegedly influencing witnesses ICC had lined up against Ruto and journalist Joshua arap Sang. ICC left the cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto open despite dropping the charges. The ambassador said Roy cannot sit as a prosecutor as the current Deputy Prosecutor is from his country, Canada.

Source: Standard Digital June 16, 2021 20:26 UTC